{"id":162690,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/162690-rose-song-poem-by-anne-reeve-aldrich-1889","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/162690","headline":"Rose Song || Poem by Anne Reeve Aldrich (1889)","content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlant, above my lifeless heart\u003cbr\u003e Crimson roses, red as blood. \u003cbr\u003eAs if the love, pent there so long\u003cbr\u003e Were pouring forth its flood.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThen, through them, my heart may tell,\u003cbr\u003e Its Past of Love and Grief, \u003cbr\u003eAnd I shall feel them grow from it,\u003cbr\u003e And know a vague relief.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThrough rotting shroud shall feel their roots,\u003cbr\u003e And unto them myself shall grow,\u003cbr\u003eAnd when I blossom at her feet,\u003cbr\u003e She, on that day, shall know!\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Poem is in the public domain)\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnne Reeve Aldrich\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e (1866 – 1892) was an American poet and novelist. Her works include The Rose of Flame (1889) and Other and The Feet of Love (1890) and\u0026nbsp;Songs about Life, Love, and Death\u0026nbsp;(published posthumously in 1892). Aldrich was born in New York City. Her father died when she was eight; her mother moved to the country, where she educated Aldrich. By the time she was a teenager, Aldrich was proficient in composition and rhetoric, was able to translate French and Latin. She wrote poetry constantly from a young age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","content_plain":"Plant, above my lifeless heart Crimson roses, red as blood. As if the love, pent there so long Were pouring forth its flood.Then, through them, my heart may tell, Its Past of Love and Grief, And I shall feel them grow from it, And know a vague relief.Through rotting shroud shall feel their roots, And unto them myself shall grow,And when I blossom at her feet, She, on that day, shall know!(Poem is in the public domain) Anne Reeve Aldrich (1866 – 1892) was an American poet and novelist. Her works include The Rose of Flame (1889) and Other and The Feet of Love (1890) and Songs about Life, Love, and Death (published posthumously in 1892). Aldrich was born in New York City. Her father died when she was eight; her mother moved to the country, where she educated Aldrich. By the time she was a teenager, Aldrich was proficient in composition and rhetoric, was able to translate French and Latin. She wrote poetry constantly from a young age.","published_at":"2026-05-21T02:29:00-07:00","updated_at":"2025-12-12T17:40:30-08:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"Poetry Alley","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/100043-poetry-alley"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with Poetry Alley on Kudos 365. View their photo published May/21/2026 on Poetry. Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"photo","image":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/media/x3VAufKRTepKpOoOgwwm_ANNE_REEVE_ALDRICH%20-%20R.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","likes_count":17,"comments_count":3,"categories":[{"name":"Poetry","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/942-poetry"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/162690-rose-song-poem-by-anne-reeve-aldrich-1889","headline":"Rose Song || Poem by Anne Reeve Aldrich (1889)","image":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/media/x3VAufKRTepKpOoOgwwm_ANNE_REEVE_ALDRICH%20-%20R.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Poetry Alley","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/100043-poetry-alley"},"datePublished":"2026-05-21T02:29:00-07:00","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/LikeAction","userInteractionCount":17},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1}],"subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Poetry","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/942-poetry"}]}}